Lebanon News

Prime Minister Saad Hariri, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Philippe Lazzarini formally launched Thursday the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017-2020 at the Grand Serail. As the conflict in Syria approaches its seventh year, the Lebanese government and […]

A meeting was held between Information Minister Melhem Riachi, MP Ibrahim Kanaan and Parliament Secretary General in order to re-listing the item pertaining to the issue of the contract workers to today’s session agenda. At the beginning of the session, Kanaan called for re-listing the […]

President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, stressed on Wednesday the need for a new mentality and profound change in a bid to rebuild the nation. “No nation can be set right without principles and feeling with the other,” President Aoun said on Wednesday during […]

e Council of Ministers convened in session on Wednesday afternoon at the Grand Serail, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, with 32 items on its agenda. In the wake of the session, Information Minister, Melhem Riachy, briefed the press on Prime Minister Saad […]

Prime Minister Saad Hariri presided Wednesday over a Cabinet session at the Grand Serail, during which he stressed that the government’s “priority” is the organization of parliamentary elections. At the beginning of the session, Hariri lauded President Michel Aoun’s speech before the the diplomatic corps […]

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil stressed Tuesday that “there will be no turning back” in the LF-FPM relation, in remarks marking one year since Geagea endorsed the presidential bid of FPM founder Michel Aoun in a surprise move […]

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday announced that the Change and Reform bloc rejects a return to the 1960 electoral law as well as any attempt to extend the parliament’s term for a third time. “Should the political forces refuse to approve a […]

International Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) issued the following statement on Tuesday: “Today, the Chairperson of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Ivana Hrdlickovل and Vice President of the Tribunal, Judge Ralph Riachy, congratulated the Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, who recently was elected.” Hrdlickovل briefed […]

House Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday phone called Lebanese President General Michel Aoun to congratulate him on the speech he gave to the diplomatic corp in terms of the stances upheld by the speech regarding different issues. Separately, Speaker Berri received MPs Akram Chehayeb and […]